Greek Beginner I – Intensive

Athenaze Chapters I–IV

This course is the first level of our Ancient Greek classes for beginners. Students are required to be familiar with the Greek alphabet before they start, and the ability to read fluently will be acquired during the course. They will learn the nominative and accusative cases, the prepositions πρός, ἐκ, and ἐν with their cases, and basic subject-adjective agreement across the masculine, feminine, and neuter genders. Students will learn the imperative mood, the negatives μή and οὐ, the singular of the present tense, and the second declension in the singular, along with the μέν… δέ construction. They will learn infinitives in -ειν and εἶναι, impersonal expressions such as δυνατόν ἐστιν, μέλλω with the present infinitive, the prepositions ἀπό, μετά, and ἐπί, and complete the second declension. By the end of the level, students will have learned the present indicative of -ω and -έω verbs, the first declension, the adjectives πολύς and μέγας, further prepositions (μετά + genitive, παρά, περί, πρός + dative), and the singular of the third declension.

This course runs every weekday for 2.5 hours, including a 15-minute break.